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METALLIC FlAlLWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application filed January 25,1906. Serial No. 297,828.

To all w/wnt zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARNOLD STUCKI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alle gheny, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic RailwaCars, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention comprises certain improvements in metallicrailway-cars, and more especially to gondola cars provided withdrop-doors.

The invention consists of certain improve ments in construction andarrangement of details of the car whereby greater strength and otheradvantages are secured.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a gondola car having myimprovements embodied therein.

Figure 1 shows one-half of the car in side elevation, Fig. 2 showing thesame in vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 3,Fig. 3 being in part a plan view and in part a horizontal section withthe floor-plates and doors omitted, Fig. 4 showing an end view of thecar, and Fig. 5 a cross-section, the left end portion being on the line5 5, Fig. 3, and the right end portion on the line 5 5, Fig. 3, Fi 6being a perspective detail view showing t is buffer-casting and endstake connection. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the side stake andconnection to the floor-support, Fig. 8 being a cross-section of a car,illustrating a modification.

The car illustrated is provided with center sills 1, which are shown asrolled channelbeams and which project beyond the bodybolsters 2 out tothe end of the car, the outer ends formin the draft-beams. The car isnot provide with distinct side sills, but the car sides are ofplate-girder construction, and therefore form combined sides to confinethe lading and side sills to carry the load. These sides are formed ofthe plates 3 top chord 4, bottom chord 5, and vertical stiffeningmembers or stakes 6. These irders are supported on the outer ends of theod -bolsters and at intervals between the bodyolsters are connected tothe center sills by means of suitable transverse floor-supports 7. Thecar-floor 8 is formed of suitable metal lates supported on the centersills, body-bolliters, and transverse fioor-supports, and the ends ofthe car are formed of metal plates 9. The floor-plates are secured tothe car sides by means of the lower chords 5 of the plate-girder sides,which are angle-bars, as shown. Said floor-plates are united to the endplates 9 by similar angle-bars 10, the car not having any end sill otherthan the end plates 9, angle-bars 10, and vertical stifi'eners or endstakes 11 and top reinforcing-bar 12. The top chord 4 of the sides andtop reinforcing-bar 12 of the ends are formed as bulb-angles, preferablyhaving the flange rivm to the plates and the web extending outwardly, asshown. At the corners of the car suitable gusset-plates l3 connect theside and end bulb-angles.

The body-bolsters are practically double trusses, each comprising abottom member or chord 15 lying underneath the center sills andextending out to the car sides and shown as anglebars, and a top member16, likewise shown as an angle-bar and extending from the car sidesinwardly to the center sills, as shown in Fig. 5, and a suitable web orgussetplate 17, connecting the top and bottom members of the truss andto the center sills. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which the centersills are of reduced depths, so that the top chord 16 of thebolster-trusses extends uninterruptedly across the to s of the centersills.

This figure also shows t e usset-plates extending only a part of theistance from the center sills to the car sides. There is a stake 6secured to the outer end of each of the trusses comprising thebody-bolster, so that I have practicall a double-stake construction atthe body-b0 sters. The bottom angles 15 of the two trusses are connectedby means of a plate 18, which lies directly in contact with the loweredges of the center sills and extends out nearly to the car sides. Theside bearings 19 are riveted to this late. The top bars 16 of the twotrusses o the bolster. are united by means of a plate 20, extending fromside to side of the car and forming a part of the car-floor. Thetransverse floor-supports 7 are also shown as trusses comprising thebottom angle-bar 21, extendin from side to side uninterruptedlyunderneasi the center sills, and a top angle-bar 22, either secured tothe center sills, as in Fig. 5, and extending out to the car sides orelse extending uninterruptedl across the tops of the center sills when te latter are of reduced depth, as shown in Fi 8. Between the centersills, in the same p ans as these cross beams, are braces 23, which areshown as sections of channel-bars arranged vertically with their flangesriveted to t e center sills and their webs backing against and rivetedto the bottom angle 21 of the floor-supports or as shown in .8 alsohaving theiru rends riveted to 1% tdp angle-bar 22 ofsaiiflloor-supports.

The side stakes 6 are reinforced at their bottoms by means of a member25, which may be a casting or a plate, as shown in the "drawings. Thisreinforcing and connecting neaththe floor inside of the car sides, sothat any amount of stren h can be secured. The lower ends of the sta esare riveted to the up wardly-extending portion 27 of these con nect'members and are reinforced thereby at a point where the stakes areweakest, and

so-that these u outwardly. I

as a conse uence a very light section of stake can. be use Thesereinforcing and connecting members hold the stakes practically rigid, erends cannot readily bulge formed as trusses, as shown in the drawings,the reinforcing and connecting member 25 also serves the function of agusset-plate for uniting the outer ends of the truss members. At thebotiybolsters, however, a separate gussetlate 17 is preferably used.

The "oor of the car may either be fixed, as shown in Fig. 8, or may bemade up in part or la ly of drop-doors 30, as shown in the other ures,located between the center sills and si es and the transverse underframemembers. These doors are formed of plates and are reinforced on all foursides by means of angle-bars. The inner end angle-bar 31 receives thehinges 32. The side angle-bars 33 have their outer ends bent toward eachother, so as to clear the stakes, and bent downwardly, so as to receivethe windingchain. These downward] bent ends are backed and reinforced byt e outer end an le 34. The winding-shafts 35 extend for t e full lengthof the car near the bottom of the sides and are mounted in theconnecting and reinforcing members 25. A lever with dog, ratchet-wheel,and pawl can be made in the usual way, as shown in Fig. 4. The windinchains 36 are connected at one end to the shaft 35 and have their oposite ends connected to the downward ent ends of the angle-bars 33 blymeans 0 hook members 37 which when t e doors are entirely closed hookover the shaft 35 sufliciently far to pass slightly beyond the centerthereof. Consequently the load on the door has no tendency to turn theshaft baokwardly. The hooks do not reach over the shaft for enough torevent their being disengaged bv friction w ion the shaft is rotatedbackwarc ly.

The end stakes 11. are riveted to the end plate and have their lowerends also riveted to the end or buffer casting 40. The latter en thefloor-supports are.

is very securely fastened to the draftebeams, as by being provided withinwardly-projectmg webs 41, riveted to the draft-beams, and preferablyso sha ed as to also form the outer draft-lugs 42. T casting has an nwardlyprojecting flange 43, which is rivete throu h the lower ed of theend plate and to t e fioor-connectmg angle 10, thus getting a verysecure connectibn. The stakes 11 preferably are of angle form and haveone flange lying net the end plates, so that the lower en 0 said flangecan be riveted through the end plate and to a vertical connecting-angle44,

which secures the outer ends of the draftbeams tothe end plate. Thelower end of the outwardly-projecting flange of the stakes is secured,by means of rivets 45, to outwardlyprojecting webs 46 on thebuffer-casting. In this way a ve rigid connection for the end stakes isprovi ed. The end casting preferably serves the function of outer draftythe use of the reinforcin and connecting members 25 at each stage deepcrossbeams heretofore necessary to keep the car square can be dispensedwith and the late girder sides will be perfectly stable an held in truevertical osition in order to effectually carry the 10 This is of coursegreatly aided by the strong connection of the lower ends of the sidestakes, which will prevent the upper ends from bulging out and tend tohold the plate-girder sides in true vertical position.

What I claim is- 1-. A metallic railway-car com rising end walls andfloor-plates and dr t-beams a buffer-casting having a striking-face anda vertical web projecting above said strikingface and secured to the endwalls, and end stakes secured to the end walls and having their lowerends secured to said casting.

2. A metallic railway-car comprising end walls and floor-plates anddraft-beams, a buffer-casting provided with inwardly-projecting webssecured to the draft-beams, and

end stakes secured to the end walls and hava ing their lower endssecured to the buffercasting.

3. A metallic railway-car comprising draftbeams, and a bufi'ebcastinghavmg inw yprojecting webs which are secured to the draft-beams and alsoforming draft-lugs.

4. A metallic railway-car comprising end walls, floor-plates anddraft-beams, a butlercasting having a striking-face and a vertical webprojecting above said striking-face and secured to the end walls andprovided with vertical outwardly-extending flanges, and end stakessecured to the end walls and having their lower. ends secured to theflanges of said bulfer casting.

5. A metallic railway-car comprising end and liner plates, an angle-barcommuting said end and floor plates, draft-beams, a

buffer-casting secured to the draftbesms end having anupwardly-extending flange riveted through theend plates to theconnecting angle-bar end having outwardly-project lnif vertical flanges,and end stokes secured to the end plates and having their lower endssecured to the flanges of the under-costing.

6. A metallic railway-oer comprising side walls, stakes secured thereto,transverse floor-supports, and connecting and reinforcing membersriveted to the floor-supports and having the lower ends of the stakesriveted thereto.

7. A metallic railway-car comprising side walls, transversefloor-supports, stake connecting and reinforcing members having a.portion extending inwardly toward the center of the car and riveted tothe floor-supports and having upwardly-extending per tions, and stakesriveted to said upwardlyextending portions and secured to the sideWalls.

8. A metallic railwaycar comprising side walls, transversefloor-supports comprising upper and lower truss members, connecting andreinforcing plates connectin the outer ends of said truss members andaving upwardly-projecting portions, and stakes riveted to saidupwardly-extending portions and secured to the car sides.

9. A metallic railway-car comprising side wells, transverseI'looisupports, connecting and reinforcing members riveted to thefloorsupports, stakes having their lower ends riveted to said connectingmembers and secured to the car sides, doors provided in the Moor of saidear, and operating-shafts for said door extending longitudinal of thecar and 1nount ed in said connecting and reinforcing members. ii

10. A metallic railweycor provided with e floor having doonopeningstherein, doors closing said openings and provided at their sides withreinforcing-bers having their outer ends bent downwardly, awindingshaft, and winding chains leading therefrom to thedownwardly-bent ends of said reinforcing bars.

11. A metallic railway-car having a floor provided with door-openings,doors closing said openings and provided with side rein forcing-barshaving their ends bent downwardly, an outer edge reinforcing-barinterposed between the door and said downwardly-bent ends, aWinding-shaft, and chains connecting the same with said downwardly-bentends.

Allies A. TRILL, L. P. MATHER.

